Enforcement, ranging from threats to intimidation to assault to homicide, has long been an
established practice within criminal networks. However, comparatively little academic …

This article contributes to our existing knowledge through a crime script analysis of contract
killings, based on six extensively analyzed police investigations in the Netherlands. Starting …

Past research has considered the ways in which vendors and consumers of illicit goods
adapt to various formal and informal threats and manage risk in online environments …

For years, criminologists have studied the relationship between crime and below-average
intelligence, concluding that offenders usually possess IQ scores of 8 to 10 points below …

El fenómeno del sicariato en países de Latinoamérica ha tenido un impacto a grandes
escalas debido a su alarmante incremento, así como también por los patrones …

Targeted killings or 'hits' have become a feature of South Africa's political economy, both licit
and illicit. Given their current and potential impact they are understudied. In this article, we …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the nature and extent of violent practice in
the motorcycle underworld. It does this by considering the murder of Gerry Tobin, and then …

This article discusses what might motivate someone to become a hitman. It does this by
considering those hitmen identified as 'Novices' and 'Dilettantes' in the research by …

This exploratory paper considers the spaces where hits take place within Britain. It
concentrates on those hits that have occurred on the doorstep of the victim and offers …

Contract killing and hitmen are underexplored in criminology. Recent studies, including an
ongoing project in South Africa, have examined a large number of individual cases relating …